This volume contains seven distinctive papers that explore important aspects of contemporary employment relationships. Some of the papers are more micro level in orientation, whereas others are more macro oriented. Some papers contain extensive quantitative analysis, while others feature deep...

Continuing the tradition of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) this volume presents a rich mix of different approaches in industrial relations scholarship covering labor history, theory, quantitative and qualitative analysis. The range of papers in this volume potentially has...

Contains distinctive papers that explore important aspects of contemporary employment relationships, some on micro level in orientation, whereas others are more macro oriented. This title deals with topics such as: the dual alignment of industrial relations activity in terms of strategic choice...

H.R. versus finance : who controls corporate health care decisions and does it matter? / Forrest Briscoe, James Maxwell, Peter Temin -- Do the organizing means determine the bargaining ends? / Lisa Jordan, Robert Bruno -- The failure of labor-management cooperation at two Maine paper mills : a...

The relative importance of psychological versus pecuniary approaches to establishing an ownership culture / Benjamin B. Dunford, Deidra J. Schleicher, Liang Zhu -- The effects of high-involvement work systems on employee and unionmanagement communication networks / Saul A. Rubinstein, Adrienne...

Introduction / David Lewin, Bruce E. Kaufman -- Partnerships of steel? : forging high involvement work systems in the U.S. steel industry : a view from the local unions / Saul A. Rubinstein -- The union commitment of adjunct faculty / Kathleen L. Pereles -- Shaping political preferences through...